# cameronmcefee/plax

JQuery powered parallaxing

Repository: https://github.com/cameronmcefee/plax
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/plax
Homepage: http://www.cameronmcefee.com/plax
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2017-09-15T15:50:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5570, "days_push": 3274, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2248, forks 199 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:30.295344+00:00)

## What it is
Plax is a jQuery plugin that adds parallax motion to page elements based on mouse position, with configurable x/y ranges per layer. It was used on GitHub pages like the 404 and 500 error pages.

## Use cases
- add parallax effects to a website based on mouse movement
- create layered depth animations on a 404 or landing page
- animate background and foreground images at different speeds
- parallax elements only within a specific hover target
- dynamically change parallax ranges at runtime

## When to choose
- you have a legacy jQuery codebase and want simple mouse-driven parallax
- you need a tiny, dependency-light parallax effect with data-attribute configuration

## When to avoid
- starting a new modern project - the author recommends better alternatives and provides no bug fixes
- you need touch/mobile support or non-jQuery integration
- you need actively maintained software with security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: animation, ui-components
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, parallax, mouse-tracking, deprecated, nodejs

## Member repositories
- cameronmcefee/plax (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:30.295344+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:43:56.147448+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cameronmcefee/plax (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:30.295344+00:00, sha b1269184bd13)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/plax (fetched 2026-08-29T10:24:14.725863+00:00, sha 68da25ad916f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.